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Publius Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum
Scipio Nasica Corculum
also: P. Scipionem Nasicam, Corculum, Nasica
Twice consul (162, 155 BC) and censor (159 BC), surnamed Corculum ('the shrewd'); son of the Nasica who received the Magna Mater. Cicero (Brutus 79) reports he was held eloquent.
Reading notes
- On Divination §2.74 the consuls Scipio and Figulus
P. Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum and C. Marcius Figulus, consuls of 162 BC, who resigned office after Ti. Gracchus's letter revealed a flaw (vitium) in the auspices at their election.
- Tusculan Disputations §1.18 that shrewd Nasica, twice consul, was called "Corculum" — Little Heart
P. Cornelius Scipio Nasica Corculum (cos. 162 and 155 BC), nicknamed Corculum ('Little Heart') for his shrewdness. Cicero uses the pun to illustrate the old belief that cor, the heart, was the seat of the mind.